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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What great thinker believed plot to be the most significant part of a story?
(a) Plato.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Beauvoir.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Who is the narrator in "What Maisie Knew"?
(a) An adult, through the eyes of a child.
(b) A young man.
(c) A child, through the eyes of an adult.
(d) A young woman.

3. How old is modern literature?
(a) Two decades.
(b) Two centuries.
(c) One century.
(d) Fifty years.

4. On a grand scale, scholars believe literature to have the capability to speak for __________.
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) All of these.
(c) Students.
(d) Society.

5. Many theorists believe that understanding the meaning of words in a text is ___________.
(a) Elusive.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Complex.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory believes that language limits the ability to think?

2. In English literature, many lead characters were written in order to inspire ______________.

3. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?

4. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?

5. According to Chapter 6, what do readers seem to enjoy in narratives?

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